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BrainDead

2016•1 seasons•13 episodes•★ 7.3

Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaComedy

A young fresh-faced Hill staffer gets her first job in Washington, D.C. and discovers two things: 1. The government has stopped working, and 2. alien spawn have come to earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of Congressmen and Hill staffers.

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Overview

A young fresh-faced Hill staffer gets her first job in Washington, D.C. and discovers two things: 1. The government has stopped working, and 2. alien spawn have come to earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of Congressmen and Hill staffers.

Series details

First air date: 2016
Last air date: 2016
Status: Canceled
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Episode runtime: 45 min
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
Original language: EN
Origin country: US
Networks: CBS
Created by: Michelle King, Robert King
Production: Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions, CBS Studios

Cast

Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Laurel Healy

Portrait of Danny Pino

Danny Pino

Luke Healy

Portrait of Aaron Tveit

Aaron Tveit

Gareth Ritter

Portrait of Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub

Senator Red Wheatus

Portrait of Nikki M. James

Nikki M. James

Rochelle Daudier

Portrait of Johnny Ray Gill

Johnny Ray Gill

Seasons

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Season 1

2016

13 episodes

A government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.

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Elizabeth Winstead, Danny Pino, Tony Shalhoub in Braindead - TV Review•Featurette

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